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The Way of the Bow
Coelho, Paulo
Published:
2008
Type(s):
Short Fiction
Source:
Feedbooks
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About Coelho:
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, heworked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986,PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, anexperience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the fol-lowing year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales con-vinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become oneof the best selling Brazilian books of all time. Other titles include Brida(1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept(1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian news-paper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of textsPhrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light(1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000),the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children andgrandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), TheWitch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (2009). PauloCoelho is also a pioneer and has expanded his presence in the internetwith his daily blogs in Wordpress, Myspace & Facebook. He is equallypresent in media sharing sites such as Youtube and Flickr, offering on aregular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers.From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold newproject: The Experimental Witch where he invites his readers to adapt tothe screen his book The Witch of Portobello. Indeed Paulo Coelho is afirm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling au-thor to actively support online free distribution of his work.
Also available on Feedbooks for Coelho:
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Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 1
(2008)•
Warrior of the Light - Volume 1
(2008)•
Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren - Volume 2
(2008)•
Warrior of the Light - Volume 2
(2008)•
Warrior of the Light - Volume 3
(2008)
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'Tetsuya.'The boy looked at the stranger, startled.'No one in this city has ever seen Tetsuya holding a bow,' he replied.'Everyone here knows him as a carpenter.''Maybe he gave up, maybe he lost his courage, that doesn't matter tome,' insisted the stranger. 'But he cannot be considered to be the bestarcher in the country if he has abandoned his art. That's why I've beentravelling all these days, in order to challenge him and put an end to areputation he no longer deserves.'The boy saw there was no point in arguing; it was best to take the manto the carpenter's shop so that he could see with his own eyes that hewas mistaken.Tetsuya was in the workshop at the back of his house. He turned to seewho had come in, but his smile froze when his eyes fell on the long bagthat the stranger was carrying.'It's exactly what you think it is,' said the new arrival. 'I did not comehere to humiliate or to provoke the man who has become a legend. Iwould simply like to prove that, after all my years of practice, I havemanaged to reach perfection.'Tetsuya made as if to resume his work: he was just putting the legs ona table.'A man who served as an example for a whole generation cannot justdisappear as you did,' the stranger went on. 'I followed your teachings, Itried to respect the way of the bow, and I deserve to have you watch meshoot. If you do this, I will go away and I will never tell anyone where tofind the greatest of all masters.'The stranger drew from his bag a long bow made from varnished bamboo, with the grip slightly below centre. He bowed to Tetsuya, wentout into the garden and bowed again towards a particular place. Then hetook out an arrow fletched with eagle feathers, stood with his legs firmlyplanted on the ground, so as to have a solid base for shooting, and withone hand brought the bow in front of his face, while with the other hepositioned the arrow.The boy watched with a mixture of glee and amazement. Tetsuya hadnow stopped working and was observing the stranger with somecuriosity.
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